Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] when [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Well for my own part I think that one can educate students as far as possible in terms of what appropriate behaviour is , and I think that you can police students with disciplinary measures when it 's absolutely clear that when they know what the inappropriate behaviour is they nevertheless make a choice that they 're going to move beyond those boundaries of appropriateness .
2 The fearful heat of the city seemed to encourage him to sleep half his time away and she had never felt more English than when she observed his devotion that summer to the long siesta .
3 Once more she stood gazing out over the garden , but this time everything seemed different — so different that when he took her gently into his arms it was so natural that she made no attempt to draw back .
4 It was interesting that when she started her thighs only measured 21½ inches which is slim by comparison with most of the other volunteers .
5 We knew in 1985 that when we made our preliminary announcement of our results for the previous financial year that we would become technically insolvent .
6 My scream brought Mum up to see what was wrong and when she saw my face she ordered me back into bed .
7 He is old and when he dies he selfish son inherits the land .
8 As I say , I only get 36 off the social and when I get it on a Monday , I usually spend 30 right away on food for the kids .
9 You are already aware that the Sports Council very generously grant aided us for 1985 and when you receive your Annual Report you will see that we have a surplus of approximately £7.500 .
10 But the texture of her sleep was light and shimmering and when she opened her eyes again much later , it did not seem as though she had slept at all .
11 ‘ We have contingency plans for a major incident like this but when it happens it is very difficult to cope .
12 and just the , the part here , I mean this , this I do n't know if it 's right or if it 's wrong but when you said I wan na put twenty quid towards my children 's future perhaps the way I would see is I , I would think twenty quid 'll go nowhere for their future , it 's gon na be a lot more expensive so as you 're openly offering me to take the money off you for that I would have perhaps gone down to try and commit you towards that need there and then to see how important it is and then , because when I er eventually bring back erm the sort of agenda and say look it 's gon na cost you a hundred and twenty quid a month erm you 're sort of sold on the idea .
13 King Francis became so rotten that when they took his corpse to St Denis they had to put it in a lead coffin .
14 Her father was a Presbyterian and when she confronted him with her decision , doing it as pugnaciously as usual in spite of her nerves , they had a furious and ridiculous quarrel : a man of fifty for some reason threatened by the vast religious longings of a fifteen-year-old .
15 Her hands are real soft and warm and when she touches me , I feel all sleepy and happy .
16 Well I know the the when we had the er I T V , you know , over Christmas it said in there it was on Central but when I turned it on it was n't at all .
17 Actually , actually I like to you do n't say much but when you say it it 's nothing .
18 Erm Only trouble , there 's a snare drum you can turn it onto snare or ordinary but when you have it on snare , if you play or anything it rattles !
19 There was no Michael , it 's just only way , co mind you could only do these on one-sided because when you turn your key the other side , it 's got ta be th exactly the same to do the job .
20 It 's personal because when I heard what had happened to young Leakey , I lost my rag .
21 That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape .
22 We moved it once and apparently it had to go a zoo after that cos when we moved it back it was about twelve foot long , and then of course it g grew even larger than that .
23 And when he passed me , I think Charlie feels guilty cos when he passed me he said alright I just did n't say anything .
24 But de Gaulle never felt compelled to recognize the military hierarchy which existed before 18 June 1940 except when it suited his interests to do so .
25 Then it is likely that when we recover we will not slip back again into that same pit . ’
26 She telephoned offering to help when my wife was ill and when I said there was nothing she or anyone could do , she did n't keep fussing .
27 His tummy had grown very large and when he walked he could no longer see his thin , mis-shapen legs .
28 I think the National but when you win its your fairy tale come true .
29 They were naturally thrilled but when she told her brother Charles of her marriage plans at their mother 's London apartment he wisecracked : ‘ Who to ? ’
30 She accepted it as perhaps quite natural though when he escorted her inside the hotel and waited with her while she got her key .
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